Overview: Strategic and Principled NV; What to Look For I

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Contents

00:00—04:00
04:01—11:00
11:01—17:57
17:58—22:19
22:30—23:35
23:50—38:06
38:12—42:00
42:00—54:00
54:01—1:00:10
1:00:11—1:03:14
1:03:15—end		 Introduction to course, course logistics, class welcome
Story of Ladadh—a situation where negative energy was introduced and things got worse
Story of Bihar—introducing positive energy into a bad situation lead to improvement
Dr. Nagler’s security satyagraha
Purpose of course: nature of positive energy, how to develop it, how to implement it in the social field
Course overview, logistics, notes and questions
Birth of Satyagraha, September 11, 1906, Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Course goals and logistics
Principled nonviolence and strategic nonviolence
Definition of nonviolence, nonviolence as the conversion of anger or fear into positive action
Kenneth Boulding’s “Three Faces of Power”

Readings

Section 1a of the course reader.

  • Lanza del Vasto, Warriors of Peace. 1974 [excerpt]
  • Kenneth Boulding: “The Place of Nonviolence in a General Theory of Power”
  • M.K. Gandhi: “Four Basic Terms” from The Harijan. 1920
  • Ralph Summy: “Nonviolence and the Case of the Extremely Ruthless Opponent” from Legacy and Future of Nonviolence by True & Adams 1996
  • Key Terms Pamphlet by the Einstein Institution Arne Naess: Gandhi and Group Conflict: An Exploration of Satyagraha. 1974 [excerpts]

Easwaran, Eknath. Gandhi the Man, Flinders section
Nagler, Michael. Search for a Nonviolent Future, Chapters 1-2
Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam, 5-25 (recommended)